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A stock is the abstrct. The stock certificate is the physical paper which manifests ownership. Another creature is a certificate of deposit, which is more like a savings account on steroids than gambling on a corporation.
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A certificate is proof in paper form. A stock can be also be booked, meaning it is tracked electronically through a brokers books (used to be paper ledgers). An interesting site on stock certificates is: http://www.oldstocks.com
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